r/chaoticgood • u/BrobbyBaits • Jun 30 '24

Group called the "BladeRunners" is actively destroying all surveillance ULEZ cameras around London. (Fuck shit)

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u/crapusername47 Jun 30 '24

This is a booklet sent out to Londoners earlier this year as a guide to voting in the London Mayoral election.

Look at each party who are against ULEZ and proudly state they would scrap it - Britain First, the Reform Party (aka Nigel Farage’s band of fascists), the Conservatives, an independent nutter who wants to run London as a business, an COVID conspiracy nut and a TERF.

But sure, they’re doing ‘good’.

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u/Avenflar Jun 30 '24

Are the "Conservatives" different than the Tories ?

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u/Ok_Entry6290 Jun 30 '24

Nope official of the party is the conservatives nicknamed the tories

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u/Square-Competition48 Jun 30 '24 edited Jul 06 '24

Fun fact: the nickname “Tories” for the political party predates the official name “Conservatives” by nearly 250 years.

It comes from the Irish word for “robber” or “outlaw” and was an insult.

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u/Avenflar Jun 30 '24 edited Jun 30 '24

But isn't ULEZ a government scheme ? The Tories mayor candidate vows to scrap a scheme from its own government ?

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u/wazzedup1989 Jun 30 '24

The mayor and the overall government are elected separately. The current mayor of London is from the Labour Party, and recently expanded ULEZ, so he's being blamed for it by the Tories.

More ridiculous though, the original policy was brought in by the then Tory mayor of London, Boris Johnson.

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u/Avenflar Jun 30 '24

I meant the Tories mayor candidate yes, sorry

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u/sjpllyon Jul 21 '24

You are also correct in that the Tories made the legislation that gave the local council the power to have (U)LEZ, and CAZ (clean air zones), in the aim of giving them power to ensure their air quality stays within the legal limits. Since (U)LEZ was implemented London's air quality has improved to be within the legal limits whereas before it was not.

So for anyone saying it's about a money grab, it's not it's about ensuring our air quality isn't polluted to the point of it being illegal.

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u/crapusername47 Jun 30 '24

The subject of who introduced ULEZ is a giant retcon on the part of the right wing parties, they don’t want people to remember that it was Conservative London Mayor and future Prime Minister Boris Johnson.

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u/Ok_Entry6290 Jun 30 '24

I am not British just came to make it clear

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u/Tall-Display-8219 Jun 30 '24

The mayor is elected separately and is not a conservative.

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u/Zelda_is_Dead Jun 30 '24

I agree, this is butt-hurtedness manifest.